What is al-Nasi' in the statement of Allah the Exalted: “Indeed, Nasi' is only an increase in disbelief...”?
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The questioner : The listener from Algeria is also asking, saying: What is al-Nasi' in the statement of Allah the Exalted: [At-Tawbah 9:37]?
The Shaykh :[At-Tawbah 9:37] Al-Nasi' is that the four sacred months, in which fighting is forbidden, are Dhu al-Qa'dah, Dhu al-Hijjah, Muharram, and Rajab. So in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, when they wanted to fight in Muharram, while believing it to be forbidden, they would say, “We will postpone the prohibition of this month, meaning the month of Muharram, to Safar.” They would postpone it and fight in Muharram, saying, “We have forbidden Safar in its place.” This is a delay of the prohibition from the month of Muharram to the month of Safar. And Allah the Exalted said that it is an increase in disbelief because it is a change of what Allah the Mighty and Majestic has forbidden, and a transfer of the prohibition from one time to another. Therefore, Allah the Exalted said that it is [At-Tawbah 9:37]. They would say, “We have forbidden fighting in four months of the year,” [At-Tawbah 9:37] meaning they would permit fighting in Muharram, for example.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
Indeed, the postponing [of restriction within sacred months] is an increase
إنما النسيء زيادةThe Shaykh :
Indeed, the postponing [of restriction within sacred months] is an increase in disbelief by which those who have disbelieved are led [further] astray. They make it lawful one year and unlawful another year to correspond to the number made unlawful by Allah and [thus] make lawful what Allah has made unlawful
إِنَّمَا النَّسيءُ زِيادَةٌ فِي الكُفرِ يُضَلُّ بِهِ الَّذينَ كَفَروا يُحِلّونَهُ عامًا وَيُحَرِّمونَهُ عامًا لِيُواطِئوا عِدَّةَ ما حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ فَيُحِلّوا ما حَرَّمَ اللَّهُan increase in disbelief by which those who have disbelieved are led [further] astray. They make it lawful one year and unlawful another year to correspond to the number made unlawful by Allah
زِيادَةٌ فِي الكُفرِ يُضَلُّ بِهِ الَّذينَ كَفَروا يُحِلّونَهُ عامًا وَيُحَرِّمونَهُ عامًا لِيُواطِئوا عِدَّةَ ما حَرَّمَ اللَّهُmake lawful what Allah has made unlawful
فَيُحِلّوا ما حَرَّمَ اللَّهُThe questioner : May Allah bless you.